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Samples of the Pease, of not less than two quarts racb, must he produced with the Tenders. The Conditions of the Contracts may be seen at this Office. Each Tender must specify the price in words at length, and be delivered before one o'clock on the day appointed ; and the Person who makes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, must attend ro answer when called for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. .1011tIVATE PUPIL.—A Married Clergymanjor a come years Tutor to a Nobleman, and subsequently receiv ' lug a few Pupils into his house, a moderate distance from London, would he glad to fill a Vacancy with a Gentleman's Son, whose Education or Health may require more than usual attention.— Letters directed for the Rev. H. S., at Messrs. Harding and Le pard's, Booksellers, No. 4, Pall Mall East, London, will be duly forwarded to him. 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Of whom may belied MORRIS'S BRUNSWICK CORN PLAISTER, an excellent Remedy for Eradicating Corns, Bunionsi 3gc. In Boxes, at Is. I id. N. B. Ask' for Psitiy's Essztice for the Tooth Ache. ' IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. - . . : . WANE OF LORDS, T.ustansa, Dec. 12. ... , motion The Earl of LAUDERDALE repeated ' the ti which he had made . a few days ago, for accounts of imposts and ;duties on. corn imported under the Act of the Sd of Giorgi IV., And further moved that the account be presented forthwith. His object for making this second motion was to obtain the account be- Joni the bolydays. Sison after, the return was made, and on the motion of the Noble Earl, was ordered to he printed. SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. • On. the motion of Earl BATHURST, the order of 'The . day for taking his Majesty's message into consideration was read..end afterwards the message by the clerk. Eakrt BA:THURST then rose, but spoke in so low a tone, that only a sinall portion of what he said was heard below the bar. Their Lordships ware aware that Sir Charles Stuart, who had ene on a mission to the Court of Brazil, had proceeded flout Rio'de Janeiro to Lisbon, with instructions front the Em peror of Brazil relative to the settlement of the Government of Portugal, after the death of his father. Sir Charles was the bearer of an ordinance of the Emperor Don Pedro, by which he abdicated the Crown of Portugal, which devolved upon his brother, Don Miguel, tinder certain conditions, the principal of which was, that there should be granted to Portugal what might be called a c onstitution, or in other words, a charter. It would be proper for him here to state what the situation of Sir Charles Stuart was when there events took place. Their Lordships must be aware that negotiations had for along omit been carrying on for the pur- Pose of putting an end to the hostilities which subsisted between the kingdom of Portugal and Brazil. These negotiations Ailti ulatelY terminated in the separation of the two Crowns, Brasil being, in fact, no longer a colony, but independent of Portugal; After muc h t i me bad elapsed, things' seemed to have arrived at such a state as to justify the appointment of Sir Charles Stuart on a mission to. Portugal on this subject. H. wee to proceed to Lisbon, and thence, with such powers as he might receive, to Brasil. Accordingly, Sir C. Stuart went -to Lisbon on this delicate mission. It was then proposed to the King of Portugal that be should grant a charter or instrument, by which he should publicly acknowledge the independence of Brazil, and that Sir Charles Stuart who was at libert y , this mission, or s o m e ot h er person appointed by t l!iis t h o la acee t p t hthould carry out this in s t rument to Brazil. The King of Pt es rtt gal appointed Sir Charles Stuart f or th e purpose. ir Charles %Stuart therefore carried out with him, to be delivered into the -hands of the Emperor, the condition on which alone the negocl ation was to be concluded. Sir Charles Stuart did deliver those fonditions, and having so done, his object was aecomplished ; but he had still another duty to discharge. He had titan instruc ted on the conditiOn of the independence of Brasil being granted, -to, negociate a treaty of commerce between this country and Bra 'll He was in the discharge of this duty when- he received" an 'Recount of the King of Portugal's death. In consequence of this :. event, the Emperor Don Pedro resigned the Crown of Portugal - to his brother, on certain conditions, appointing at the same time ~hia sister Regent of the ' Kingdom, and issuing a charter or con •stitution. The Emperor applied to Sir Charles Stuart to be the bearer of those documents to Portugal. Sir Charles Stuart was -unwillieg to interfere, deprecated in engaging in this business, `hut he was repeatedly pressed by the Emperor to accept the rnisaion, and so many arguments were urged, that he found - himself ot last no longer able to resist the appointment. Their , Lordships would' perceive front what he had stated, that in "feeding to this proposition, Sir Charles Stuart had acted wholly,. and entirely on his own responsibility, and vitltout any instructions on the subject from His Ma re:'s Government. lle was the- more particular on this point, tow it was desirable that it should be well understood that his ' l4 :l l tatyi's Government had no participation in the recent political tt enteetions in Portugal, and that there had' been no disposition on 0, 14 part to interfere in any way in the internal affairs of the ZatTY- On his arrival at Lisbon, Sir Charles Stuart delivered or, instrument% he had brought from Brazil to the Vicegerent...... re stiving the despatches, the Princess Regent determined on fob owing the directions they contained, and giving a constitution ill ' 1 j• . . 1 , hit -, ' ~, „ , . No. 10,689. .**) PRICE 7D. WEDNESDAY EVENING, *DECEMBER 13, 1826. so Portugal. She was, however, well aware that the constitu tion was calculated to revive all the old animosities which had but lately been allayed. In addition to this, the Council of Regency, which was composed of the old Ministers of her father, remra etrated against her acceding to the propositions of Don Pedro.— She was but a young Princess, and bad little experience in public affairs, except what she might have learned from the period of her father's death up to the time of which he was speaking. These circumistances did not, however, deter her from per forming what she thought was her duty, and she certainly proceed ed with activity to take the necessary steps for carrying her biro- ther's intentions into effect. But, unfortunately, at this very time considerable discontent prevailed, and the granting the con stitution was considered a foreign measure, and on that account viewed by many with dissatisfaction. It was found that Don Miguel had, in fact, a considerable party in the country, and dis content began to show itself among some of the troops. Instances of insurrection occurred more particularly in the distant pros vincea, where the revolt of the troops was with difficulty sup pressed. The deserters took refuge in Spain, and were there cor dially received. In a short time such a force was collected in that countrysaa was sefficient to give serious apprehensions to the Government of Portugal—apprebensions which were much rig s gravated by the state of irritation of many of the frontier provinces. The Government of Portugal had now two courses to pursue.— ' either to call upon the Spanish Government to give up the des setters in virtue of a treaty subsisting between the two Powers, or to retaliate by giving a similar encouragement to Spanish refugees. The Government of Portugal did not adopt either of those courses, and acted throughout with great forbearance and moderation, They contented themselves with requiring that the armed rebels should be disarmed, and desiring that their arms 'should be sent to Portugal. His Mdjeity's Mis nisters did not overlook this system of forbearance, on ac count of which it became more necessary to press on . the Spat nigh Government to abandon its protection to the Portuguese rebels. Accordingly, remonstrance followed remonstrance, and in return assurances were repeatedly given that that system of protection would be pet an end to; but no measure appeared to be adopted for the purpose of stopping the collection of an armed force on the territory of Portugal, to disarm the deserters, sod deliver up their arms to the Portuguese Government. In. conse quence of this state of things, his Majesty's Minister at the Court of Madrid notified to the Spanish Government, that he would he under the necessity of leaving that capital if the Government did not disarm and disperse the Portuguese rebels. Ilowever, no proceeding for that purpose was adopted, and the deserters were allowed to retain possession of their arms, and to assemble on the frontiers. Soon after this remonstrance, accounts were received through France from Madrid, that a considerable force of Poitu. guess deserters had marched from Old Castile to the frontiers of Portugal ; but the Spanish Government, in giving this inforina thin, accompanied it by assurances that they had no concern with it. The French GovernMent was, however, so little satisfied with this explanation, that orders were sent to the French Am bassador to return immediately to Paris, if the Pcirtuguese deserters were not dispensed, and instructions were given to the Charge d'Affaires to express in the strongest terms the disapprobation of his Government on account of the proceedings which had taken place on the frontiers of Portugal. Three or four days after the arrival of this intelligence, the Portuguese Ambassador presented to this Goverenient a demand for military assistance from this country in virtue of the existing treaties. The authority for making thii demand had been placed in the hands of . the Portuguese Ambassador, for the purpose of his making use of it when the occasion for' so doing should arrive. But it appeared that lie had received no official intelligence re specting. the conduct of the Spanish Court from his own Govern tnent, and that the account which had reached him of the aggres sion came through France ;• so that, in truth, his authority for the fact was not better than that of the Government of this coml. try. No official despatches relative to the inroad had come from the'Portugueee Government. In a few days after hie 111ajesty'e Government received despatched from Mr. Lamb, which commu nicated in substance the same intelligence which bad previously come from Paris. lie received it from the Spanish Minister, which was, indeed, the same source froM which the communica tion through France proceeded. The communication of the Spanish Minister was accompanied by a strong assurance that the aggression bad been made without the knowledge, and in direct opposition to the orders of his Government. On receiving this communication, Mr.'l,amb, of course, made strong declarations against such proceedings, and took measures for ascertaining what ' were the real views of the cOurt of Madrid. As he had already stated, no authentic intelligence of an actual inroad by the Portii• guess troops from Spain had yet been received ; but on Friday last accounts reached . his Majesty's Government from Lisbon of that event having taken place. What, however,, was very remarkable was, that the inroad now made known was not stated to have been Made in the quarter mentioned iu the account received through France from the Spanish GovernMent. It came from Estre- Madura. It was stated, that the large body of men who made this invasion came from thence armed and equipped by the Spanish Authorities, and had been collected under the autho rity of the Governor himself. It was farther said, that the Spanish Governor had given, directions for some Spanish nr6l-1 lery to accompany the rebels. This was the report but, upon inquiry, it was denied. This force,:however, advanced and took possession of some places, among which we understood the Noble Earl to mention Villa Vieiosa. Their Lordships would perceive' that they had here the knowledge of a direet inroad upon Portu gal. • But in addition to this affair, there was attached to it a consideration of importance, which would not have belonged to the oceurreece, had it stood by itself. The, proceedings which had taken place argued, a communication from one part of the Spanish territory to another--a system of combination by which it was arranged, that when this inroad should be made on one part of the Portuguese territory, another should at the same time be made on another point; and showed that the aggressors were not confined to irruptions from Old Castile and Estremadme.— This combined plan was of such a nature, that it must be sup posed to have been sanctioned and prepared by the Spanish au thorities. Considerable expellee must have been incurred, and the arms could not hive been obtained without connivance.— Had the aggression been confined to one part of the frontier, the excuse might have been set up. It might have been sup posed to be the act of an individual governor neglecting the in structions he. had received. This certainly might have . hap pened, though it had . been the sincere intention of the Spanish Government that the instructions given to the Governors of provinces should be strictly observed. When, however, the aggression was of such a magnitude as that which he had de scribed, a case was snide out which called for the interference of His Majesty's Government., Their Lordships were aware, that in consequence of the alliance between Great Britain and Portu gal, the latter was entitled, in case of invasion, to call upon this country for assistance. The first treaty with Portugal was con cluded in 1661, and the second iu 1703. By the former this country was bound to support her.ally with 3,000 men, by the latter with 6,000. Holland was a party to those stipulations along with this country, but the Government of the Is'etherlands: had not renewed the treaties which suhsisted between the former United Provinces and Portugal. There remained, therefore, no obligation on the part of Holland. But without any reference to was sufficient ground for proceeding those tre a ti es , th e re certainly as his Majesty's Government had done—(" hear, hear," from the Opposition benches;)--for by the treaty of 1815 , which referred to th a t concluded with P or t uga l in 1810, the former obligations were ren ewed ; and it had been stip ulated that the arran g ements then ent ere d i nt o wer e withou t prejudice to the ancient system of allian ce b etween the two countr i e s w hi c h i s d ec l a r e d to be still i n full force. N ow ' , t h oug h t h e at t ac k on Portugal had not been insole by Spanish tr oos , but by foreign troops under , the direction of Spanish authorities) and in the pay of Spain, the c as e w as coin was the u hli gat i on on this country :to Octet)" brought 'within the stipulations of the treaty , nor because.r. Ile conce i ved, therefore that the case did come strict of the t the aggre ssion ssion w as ma d e on the occasion of a civil wa ly within th e o bli gat i on afford' assistance the less treaty ; but supposing, tha t s uch treaties did net ex i st , he 'considered that it was the interest of this conntry that assistance should be afforded to Portugal.-- The Noble Earl next proceeded to state (as well as we could collect, and it may be again observed that the difficulty of begin' his Lordship b e l ow throughout the whole the bar continued o f his speech), that it was the • i n tent ion of Government immediately to order out souse British troops to Lisbon, for the assistance of our ally agairpt any aggression on its territory but that in the mean time it would be the earnest wish of his Majesty to use_ every exertion to bring about a termination of the differences between tbe two States.—(llear, hear.)—lnstructions to that effect had been given to our Ambassadors at Lisbon and Madrid, and the advice that had been given, and would continue to be given, to the Portuguese Gov ern ment, would be, to adopt the frame system towards Spain which it bad been earnestly recom mended to the . latter. Power to observe towards Portugal. Por toga) .was advised not to giie encouragement to• the entrance of Spanish refugees not to allow them under any pretence to enter that country armed, not to encourage, or countenance in any manner, inroads on the Spanish frontier, by Portuguese subjects on subjects of Spain. It was recommended that every thing, not necessary for the due protection of her own rights, and the integrity of her kingdom, should be avoided by Portugal, which would tend to increase irritation between the two kingdoms, as any attempts of the kind would teed only to counteract 'the efforts of his Majesty to put an end to the difference between the two States. It might be true, and he believed that to a certain extent it was, that there ex i s t e d in Spain a faction which would set at defiance even the orders of their own Sovereign, if those orders did not fall in with their view's. With such a faction there could be no negotiation ; hut it was to be hoped, that when they perceived that the Goverament.Of this country would not allow of any foreign interference , with Portugal, their attempts would cease. Ile would not farther trespass on their Lordships ; but merely observe, th a t t h e Add ress w hi c h h e should move would be to thank his Majesty for his gracious communication respecting the present affairs of Portugal, to express a hope that the measures to be taken by his Majesty for putting an end to the differences between the two countries would be successful, and to pledge themselves to concur in any measures which might be necessary to enable his Majesty to protect the most ancient ally of England against all aggression...._( Heir, hear.) His Lordship the» moved the Address, which was lead from the woolsack, and was as follows " That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, to re : . turn to His Majesty the thanks of thie house for His Majesty's gracious message, in which His Majesty informs this house that he has received an application from the Princess Regent of Portugal, claiming, in virtue of the ancient obligations of alliance, and amity subsisting between His Majesty and the - Crown of Portugal, His Majesty's aid against an hostile aggression from Spain. To assure His Majesty that we participate in the feelings with which His Majesty has learned that, notwithstanding the assurances received from the Court of Madrid, by the joint representations of His Majesty and his ally the King of France of the determination of his Catholic Majesty neither to commit, nor to be allowed to be committed from his Catholic Majesty's territory, any aggression against Portugal, hostile inroads into the territory of Portugal have been concerted in Spain, and have been executed under the eyes of Spanish authorities, by Portuguese regiments which had deserted into Spain, and which the Spanish Government had re• peatedly and solemnly engaged to disarm and to disperse. " That we trust that His M a j es ty' s e ff orts to awa k en t h e S pa ; nish Government to the dangerous consequences of this apparent connivance will be successful ; but that we entreat His Majesty te believe that His Majesty may confidently rely on the zeal and affec l tion of this house for their cordial concurrence and support in maintaining the faith of treaties, and in securing against foreign hostility'the safety and independence of the kingdom of Portugal, the oldest ally of Great Britain." • • Lord HOLLAND trusted their Lordships would de him the justice to believe that '0" - clid not use mere words of course, or mean to take merit to hiMself by any hypoeriticA cant on this occasion, but lie assured their Lordships that he strongV felt no honest man would ever give, his - vote for any measure which might lead to war, or to the necessity of war, without tha deepest concern at the responsibility which attached to what he did. It must at all times present a subject of difficulty when a man was called to vote on such questions, but more particularly) so on the present occasion, when the state of public credit, When the amount of debt and tivistion, and, above all, the distreised auto of a great portion of the people wore Nitro into considera tion. Considering those circumstances, any man must re g re t the - necessity which called on hin t ' for such a vote; yet, strongly impressed as be was with these kelings, he would not hesitate to say, that, with a pure mind, a steady . pui- pose, and a clear conscience, he gave his unqualified auppotl to the Address now 'moved by the Noble Earl,—(Hear, The Noble Lord had said, that we were bound to maintain the stipulations of the treaty with Portugal. In that he fully con curred, but be would go farther, and say; that if no such treaties existed, a sense of honour, a sense of what was due to them eelves,and to the interests of a power with which this country had been so long in amity, should induce their Lordships to assent to the address now proposed. It was unnecessary for him, at that moment, to point out to their Lordships the importance of Por.: tugal as the ally of England. Highly as he valued the general services of the Noble Duke of Wellington opposite, he thought that none of his great achievements were more important to this country, than those in which he showed that British strength and valour were sufficient to protect that favoured spot, Lishon,against all the world. Ile had expressed his hope, that the active mea-'' sures now to be adopted might be effective in preventing a war, (which without them he believed ;,to be inevitable); Yet he'shnuld,' be disguising his real sentiments, did lie not state, that if we did come to a war with Spain, it would not be with a feeble Monarch, but with a tyrannical faction, not only militant in Spain but dominant elsewhere— r powerful, not merely from its uncontrolled sway in that country, but from the con sciousness of its extensive influence in other quarters.— He now came - to another question, oil which be felt sonic deli cacy, but it was most important, and deserved serious considera tion. He was glad to hear it stated ;that the King of France had acted in conjunction with his Misjetity, in endeavouring to dis suade the Court of Spain from the aggression on Portugal, and he felt thankful for the early opportunity the French Court took of giving us, intelligence of what was passing in Spain. He wished, however, that he could view the conduct of France on this subject without distrust. But being rolled upon to act, we should act from experience —we should act from probability,' and, looking to the past and the probability of the futore,• he thought we should receive with Caution everything that was done on this subject, even by 'that power which it cost so much of the blood and treasure of this country to restore. Their Lordships were told that the French court had lent to Spain remon strances..-.. Remonstrances ! Of what kind ? They had heard of the eloquence of the papers tranemitted on this subject to the Spanish Government. That' eloquence might be, very great no doubt; but when he viewed the relation in which France now stoo d t o Spain—when lie smi that it might command, with out controul, or to use a milder term, that it might ensure a ready obedience to its request, he would say it was idle' to talk of transmitting eloquent papers. It was only waste of pen and ink--when it might immediately at a 'aeond produce the desired effect--When, as was said in the farce, " I can Call a coach, and let a coach be called." Wh en t h e coac h could be commanded at a call, why w as ti me spen t i n transmitting eloquent documents? Eloquent as such papers might be, until they saw something i done, hi must take leave to doubt the sincerity of France in this case. These remarks 'might, perhaps, he considered ungenerous towards France, and also towards his Majesty's Minister., with whom he'entirely con curred in the present address ; yet if he entertained some hopes that the course now proposed would be successful in preserving' the integrity of Portugal, still the history of what had orcurred, forced him to believe that a timely exercise of half the spirit now evinced, would have prevented the faction in Spain from being triumphant, would have prevented France from being now in mi• litary possession of that country. He would only add, that he would prefer sighting in Spain for the existence of Portugal, to, fighting in Portugal for the existence of I re l an d, or to fighting ' In Ireland for the authority of England. He thought that when . the question of Ireland was - before their Lordship. on a Cornier Occasion, they might have so decided upo n it as not to leave it to a period when it might be said to he forced from them from' othes considerations than an admission of its justice. It was not, be trusted,. yet too late, and as he expected that - we 'ATM be successful in rescuing our ally from all further danger, he con fidently ; hoperi that 'we should seise the se rene m oment, and do that justice to Ireland which her ease so urgently required.— (Hear, hear.) The Duke of WELLINGTON did not rise to offer aQy explanation by the British, Goiernment had not at an earlier period taken the coarse now ProPoa e d, f or t h at he f e lt to be altogether Unnecessary. On the contrary (a n d h e was sure that in this, ho expressed what was the anziens wish of Governtnent,) it . was earnestly desired is put off to the latest moment at which negotiation could be available, that which their Lordships had heard this day proposed. On this part it was not necessary for him to dwell, but he hoped it would be permitted to him (who had had for several yeare,the direction of the resources of this country against the common enemy in the Peninsula) to state his opinion, that the perfidious acts of aggression on Portugal ought rather to beattributed to the servants of tbe'Spanish Government than to the Spanish Government itself. They ought in his opinion to be looked 'you as the acts of the Captains-General of provinces, and even of the Ministers of Spain, than as ordered or advied by his Catholic Majesty; but to whomsoever they might be attributed, he fully concurred in the measures intended to repreii them.— (Hear, bear.)' The Marquis of LANSDOWN rose for the pur pose of expressing his opinion, that it was most desirous for the in terests of this country, and, he would add, for the interest of the whole world, that the measures proposed to be adopted by his Majesty should have the unanimous approbation of their Lot& ships. He was the more anxious to deliver this opinion, because he wished it tohe understood that it was not from any want of feeling, either of the interest or importance of the subject, that he had not addressed their Lordships at an earlier opportunity. For, from that day in the last week, When it bad become not rietio by the. promulgation of the despatch which had been alltided to by the Noble Earl (Bathurst), that the territory of our ancient ally had been invaded, under circumstances which obviously, showed that it had been done with the participation of Spain, he could assure their Lordships that it had not been until aftet the Most anxious deliberation that he had resolved to abstain from 'diseharging his duty as a Member of that House, by asking for such an explana tion from his Majesty's Ministers as this most unwarrantable ag gression seemed to call for. The resolution to which he had come was founded on a belief which the proceedings of this day juStified, that there would not be wanting, on the part of the Government, either a disposition to watch, or an inclination to exer cise, ' when it should he necessary that military demonstra tion of the policy they intended to pursue which such a ease as the present seemed to him imperiously to Call for. He had no doubt—nor did it appear that any doubt was enter tained—that the eases firderis had arisen, and that upon the faith of treaties, his Majesty's Government were obliged to adopt the measures which they had now entered on ; but lie would go far ther, and say, that upon the principles of policy alone, this coun try ought to interfere for the defence of Portugal—not merely for the purpose of checking the attack which was now made upon it, but also for the purpose of arresting at this point that attempt at interfering with the independence of nations, which, if permitted by a Monarch so feeble as that by whom it was now matle, could not fail to lead ultimately to courses ruinous to the interests and institutions of every free country. For these reasons he repeated, it had become the duty of this country to resist the present out rage of Spain on Portugal—not leas for 'the protection Of her own interests, than for that of the rights and inteteste of all mankind. For his own part lie was prepared now to vote for the address which had been moved, and to pledge his support hereafter to any measures which might be just and expedient to give effect to the policy on which this country bad hitherto acted, and was bound still to pursue. The question was then put, and carried neoi. con., and the House adjourned at a quarter to six o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS--TuzsnAv. At ten minutes to four the Speaker counted the number. awl took the Chair.' Three new Members were sworn in the customary oaths, mu' took their Rate. The SIiEAKER informed the HOuse that J. Macormick and R. Hare, who, on the 27th November last, had petitioned the House against the return made for the county of "Westmeath, had tailed to enter into the pecuniary recognizances required by the Act of Parliament. A similar failure was an nounced on the part of H. Southel, who, on the 27th November Net, had petitioned the flouwe against the return fur the county of Cavan. Sir T. LETHIMIDGE presented a Petition front, Mr. Alex. Frampton, praying that the House would be plea's(' to grant him an extension of the regular tune for his making a return of the names of istmuns who were to be entered as sureties to the recoguizences of the petitioners against the late return of Members to tilt for the Borough of Heden. The SPEAKER, after conversing with several Members who stood round his chair, said, the statements of the petitioner ought to be verified at the Bar of th e H o u se . Sir T. LETHBRIDGE moved, that the party be called to the Bar' The Petitioner was called to the Bar, and verified the contents of his Petition: The extension of one day was' then granted to the Petitioner. • Mr.-C: CALVERT presented two Petitiptis'from. Publicans,' complaining that they had been deprived of their li- censes merely for. Selling beer to stage-coach pasiengers on a Sunday. Mr. C. PALLMER presented a petition from G. C. Ridge, stating that himself and his late father had been eecurities to the amount' of 6000/. for his late brother, - Ridge, an Army Agent, in 1802. That his said brother had considerable demands upon the Marquess of Hastings, which he had refused to pay, and that the Government had removed the Marquess out of the reach of the compulsory process of the law, by appointing him to the Government of Malta. The War Office had, moreover, delayed settling the accounts of tho deceased in 1816, when the Petitioner'a father was living, and now called upon the Petitioner for the amount of the sureties, after a lapse of ten ears. Mr. CANNING had heard o f this Petition only since became to the House; it ought to have been shown to Mi nisters before it was brought forward. Mr. PALLMER had communicated the nature of the Petition to the friends of the Marquess. Mr. C. W. WYNN wished the prayer of the Pe tition to be read. . . The Petition was then read and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the Dean and Guild of Aberdeen against the Corn Laws. Mr. J. WILLIAMS gave notice, that after the re cess be intended to move for a Return of all Motions, Causes, and Pleas, and other business entered before the Lord Chant*nor, and now pending for Judgment : with the times of entering, the days set down for hearing, And the day. on which they had been heard. Mr. H. DAVIS presented a petition from Bristol against the Corn Laws. Mr. BARING put a question to Mr: Canning across the table, relative to the day to which it wet the intention of Mi nisters to adjourn the House. The Right Hon. Gentleman named Thursday, the Bth Feiwusiy. WAR WITH SPAIN. Mr. CANNING moved, that the Order of.the Day, for the House taking into consideration the Message of his Majesty to the Commons be now re►d. The Order of the Day being accordingly read, Mr. CANNING rose, and in the most clear tone and emphatic manner, spoke as follows:..-Mr. Speaker, in pro_ posing to the House to acknowledge his Majesty's most gracious Message, sad to reply to it in terms which will be an echo of the sentiments, and . a fulfilment of the anticipations of hie Majesty, I feel, that however confident I may be in the justice, and how ever clear as to the policy, of the measure which the Alessage em. bracts, it becomes a British Minister, in recommending to the House any step which approximates even to the hazards of war, to use the language of regret. I assure the House, that there is not within these wet!s any set of men more convinced than Ministers, nor any individual more intimately persuaded than he who has now the hiniour of ttddressiug you, of the vital importanee of the meequenees of this policy to this country, snd to the world.-- (Hear, bear.)—So strongly do ,I feel impressed with this opinion (and even, before I sit down I may have occasion to explain the that there is no question of denial—there is no ques tion of present advantage—there is no question of an anticipation of remote good, which I would not pass over, compromise, or ad journ, rather than call upon the Home, at this moment, to enter into a war.•:-(Hear.)--Sir, I feel, and it has been felt, in the b" 1 times of English history, by th e h est Statesmen of this country , sa d by the Parliaments by which th ese Statesmen 'have been snl} - ported, that theta are only two causes which cannot, nailer any ctrcumetances; be compromised or adjounied. I mean. Sir, the causes of national faith and national honour.—(Hear, hear, hear.) .—botShiet,hinfelcad causes, d o e n s , o consider shou ld nott/ t d the present boa, esentri as as falling within do to-day, with a co/Alines that the communication. made to Puha/twat, in his Majesty's liteartage, Will he met by' the House with such a mind, as his Majesty confidently anticipates. In order to bring the ease under the cognizance of Parllama in the ahorteit.and clearest form, I must permit tnyself to inquirt into some of the collateral considerations with Which it is necessatile eccomPan34 I beg leave to state shortly, that it is 4 case, as it eezu:e . of law and of fact.-'-a case of national Ittiv, and of notorious bca 11. the other hand: and which, when brought under the xamelderii:° o ,, ol a British Ministry and Parliament, it is impossible to vonitiderin :!PY light but one—and quite as impossible for Parliament es far OP-• vernment to come to any other than that O'Ae' decisien.. " amongst the alliances by which, at different periods of history, this country has been connected with the other nations of - Europe, there is none either so old in faith or so constant in dura tion, or so precise in obligations, or so intimately interwoven with the whole history and with the most brilliant periods of the history of this country, as the alliance between Great Britain and the Crown of Portugal. It dates back to distant centuries; it has survived every great conflict. It is much older than the epoch to which I am about to' 'advert, but it received its greatest vigour when the present Royal Family of Portugal was seated on its throne. The House of Braganca was placed at the, head of an independent Monarchy at the instance, and by the friendship of Great Britain. The connection between the two kingderra hat • been continued, re 'Jewell, and maintained, tinder every diftiOtiti ; it has been ad hered to in periods when the faith ol othif alliances has been shaken ; it has been vindicated in those 604 tar ±tiond and glory which remain among the most brilliant pages of thvitiatory of England. Sir, in that alliance we have always been surtipulously faithful. It may sometimes have been htirthenaemc to England, and there may even now he those who wish to shake it off; but a feeling growing out of national faith, a feeling of eotnnaen inte rest, a sympathy between the two countries, must, upon canisiderit tint), convince every body of , the comparative advantages and oh ligations of this alliance. It is not wholly, however, at dietant periods, it is not altogether:amongst ages long gene by, that tracer of this union ate to lie - teitud. 14 the lOW compact of modern Europe, that which now forms the patent law of the nation of • the world—l' mean the Convention of Vienna—tbis country, with - its eyes open to all the inconveniences of the connexion, but with its memory full of all its benefits, and with all the feelings belonging to them, ren e w e d s ol e m n ly the Previ o usly existing ob ligations. This it did in terms so strong, that there is no possi bility of violating them, without the most disgraceful breach of national honour. The question being one of public faith, I take the liberty of referringlo this Treaty before I call upon the .110nes for its vote. [Here the Right Hon. Gentleman referred to tk. Treaty of Vienna.] By the third article of the Treaty iffeil,Lnnu, dated 22dofJanuary, 1815, the Treaty of Alliance between °roe Britain and Portugal, negociated at Rio de Janeiro, on the lftth of February, 1812, is thus alluded to : " The treaty of alliance concluded at Rio rie Janeiro on loth February, 1810, being founded on circumstances of a temporary nature, which have happily ceased to exist, the said treaty is hare by declared to be void in all its parts, and of no effect; ' without prejudice, however, to the .ancient treaties of alliance, friendship and guarantee, which have so long and so happily subsisted be tween the two crowns, and which are hereby renewed by tl►e high, contracting parties, and acknowledged to be of fall force and effect.'" In order that the House may appreciate, accurately the Atte of this obligation, they will permit me, perhaps, to explain the full force of the circumstances under which this% treaty was eon tracted. In the year 1807, when, upon the deularition of Bona parte, that the House of Braganca " ceased to reign," the /loyal Family of Portugal was induced, by the advice and upon the ad valets of this country, to sail for the Brazils; in the act of em barking, 4.Secret Convention was signed by Portugal and (heat Britain, stipulating, that in case of the King and Royal Family removing its residence to the Brazils, this country would never suffer Portugal to remain under any other dynasty than that-of the House of Braganza. It was this Secret Convention that brought about the emigration, and greatly contributed to decide that step by which the Royal Family of Portugal was removed from the power of France. The King of Portugal having become established upon his throne, the Article ceased to be a secret, and was wade a part of the law of nations by the Treaty of IMO, and from that time up to the Treaty. of. Vienna. It was clearly under stood throughout Europe, that we had determined not to eeknow. ledge any Sovereign in Portugal. except a member of the House of &agents,. But that determination mote solely from the sup. position that that Sovereign would be compelled to a forced rem deuce iu Brazil. Beyond this it was not binding upon us, as it wittsfelt that the moment the groutul of the obligation ceased, italifress an end to the treaty.. I shell next ad ver t t o th e T reaty 10, which I have already read to the Hattie, cod in which ePerenewed those pledges of confidence, allientre, friendship, and guarantee, which had so lung anal so happily existed between the two Crowns. Thin Treaty seas retitled and recognised by the High Contracting Parties, and was acknowledged to be •in full force and effect between,this country and Portugal. But area if those Treaties did not exist ; if by any sudden convulsion of na ture they had been consigned to eternal oblivion, still 1 say that (runt. Britain would be, in a moral paint of view, es much bound as shat now is to extend her protection and support to Portugal.--.(Cries of " Hear, hear.")—The ease, however. is not ie—tlie Treaties do • exist; nay more, their existence has been known to Spain, te Europe, to all the civilized world. —(Flear.)—So notorious, indeed; was and is the existence of theft Treaties, that I shall only feel it necessary to advert to one or two of them. I shall first take the Treaty of 1681, upon the conolusion of• the marriage between Charles the Se cond and the Infanta of Portugal. in that Treaty, after making over Bombay and Tanjier, and some other places, some of which are given up, and others of which remain to us, it was declared. " that the King of . Great Britain, with the advice and consent of his Privy Council, - took the interest and welfare of Portugal and her dominions greatly to heart, and that he pledged himself to protect and defend her and her possessions with ell his power, both by sea and laud, even as though she were part of England itself."—(Hear, heae!)—And it was by that Treaty further pro mised, that his Majesty should send over two regisnenta of hcitse of 500 each, and two regiments of loot, of 1,000 each, at-the proper cost and charge of this country. Now, Sir, this is en tering into the details, but I consider it so conclusive, that I scarcely consider it oeeesesery to. go any further. There is, how ever, one other Treaty, to which I beg leave to call the attention of the House-e-1 mean the Treaty of 1708. By the Treaty of 1703, which a contemporaneous writer described as the famous Methuen Treaty, and which was still held binding, it was stipu hued between this country, Portugal, and the States General of Holland (in a defensive article), that if ism- it should happen that the King of Spain - or the King of France, or hotb, should go to war with Portugal, or give nelson that they, or either of thorn, , usteint to disturb her or her possessions beyond the rear, iu such case his Majesty and the States-General should exert their good offices to prevent hortilities—(Hear !)-,aand these good offices fail ing, then England and Rolland should go to war with Frames or Spain, or both ; and in such case Holland was to supply 12,000 men, and to support them at her own charge. I eon rrady to admit, Sir, that either of these Treaties might be, by time and circumstances, supposed. to have relaxed in their force; or, it might be asked, why one party having withdrawn itself from the responsibility, say Holland, for instan ce , th e ot h er should be still considered as bound to adher e t o i t ? B ut, without going into any thing like pleading up on th e su bj ect , . 1 shall say, that the ob jections, if any existed, to this Treaty, ought to have been raised at the Treaty of Vienna. There we, with oar eyes open, end in the face .of all the world, acknowledged that we felt bound by these Treaties, and stated that we acknowledged them to he felt fermi and effect. It is not, therefore, so much eo those Treaties as to wh a t t oo k p l ace at Vienna, that we now And ourselves bound to Portugal, and that else has a right to look up to us as her ancient ally and friend. This is the great moral and political obligation which I do not feel ashamed to say we are hound by, and whi c h g i ves , P or t ug al, in her apprehension of the coining storm, a right to call upon us.—(.Hear, I feel it right to state, th a t n o h es it a tion on the p ast hie Mae jesty's Government has been manife s ted in answering the call of Portugal. We only waited, as we were bound to do, in order to ascertain whether a east.) laderis had .ariien, before we took any de c id e d hear.)—ln entering into this oxide an objection which I some rinal;relitraordina nation I have. ineitleut u ary i where heard urged. ry delay had taken place on the part of his Majesty's Government. It was only on the eel of December that I received from the Portuguese Ambassador an application for assistance. To this applica tion my ans wer was, that although ruinous& bed m a i le d G s _ vernmeut, through France and other pasts of the Continent, loom se e were not in pesmsion of that precise informetion'wen Which we could rely, or found any communication to P:1164. tw o, It was only on Farley that that information teethed us in an authentic form ; on Satniday Ministers came to 441seisien upon it; on Sunday the consent of his Majesty was, obtained ; on Monday the communication was made to both Homan of Par lienent ; and at the very moment that I have the honour of ad dressing this House, the troops are on omit , way to Portugal...... (Loud cries of hear, hear! from both sides -of the Hansa. )..,.-1 1 trust, then, Sir, that no charge of unnecessary delay can be made out agensthis Majecty's Government e..hut,on the conttaty i n a case of this kind, spreading, asits dash Mr sucks Vatietra circumstances, and attended by suds important consegueuees, it was our duty not to lend ourselves to hearsay or rumours, but , , , • . ff4-11' .0.• 14, -_1:. '''''''-- k 4, '4"-- . 0 $ 4,,,, :: ,t • ~ ..:: ~/ (( // ma y :- . 77 • 11: 71! .'4':!::::171'.. : --: : .: 1 \:: :!:: :';:::7/" : -- - ' ''' .t1'11'' - .f , t )k 1-• If' .., Al' ~. 4 ... .. ... Lft . ( ,),......,,, :jap o ri:‘7i! !„, .• . ••, 0 ,. 0 „, k .„ ~ , ~ „,-. 1 ,,,,, t i -, 4iiNirifi•' 'stn 0 , iiiiittP.C.